Jeremiah 4:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

If you will return, O Israel, says the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then you shall not be moved.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־תָּשׁ֨וּב יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל ׀ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י תָּשׁ֑וּב וְאִם־תָּסִ֧יר שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יךָ מִפָּנַ֖י וְלֹ֥א תָנֽוּד׃

Transliteration

If tāšûb Yiśrāʾēl, nəʾum-Yhwh, unto me tāšûb, and if tāsîr šiqqûṣeykā from my pānay and not tānûd

Grammar Details

• *tāšûb*: imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - will return/turn
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *nəʾum*: construct noun - declaration/utterance of
• *Yhwh*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *tāsîr*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - will remove/put away
• *šiqqûṣeykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your abominations/detestable things
• *pānay*: masculine plural noun with 1st singular possessive suffix - my face/presence
• *tānûd*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - will wander/be displaced

Word Meanings

• *tāšûb*: return/turn/repent
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *Yhwh*: LORD/Yahweh (divine name)
• *šiqqûṣeykā*: abominations/detestable things/idols
• *pānay*: face/presence/before me
• *tānûd*: wander/flee/be displaced

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If Israel, declares the LORD, you will return to me, you must remove your detestable things from my presence and not wander away.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O Israel, yf thou wilt turne the, then turne vnto me, saieth the LORDE. And yf thou wilt put awaye thy abhominacios out of my sight, thou shalt not be moued:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  O Israel, if thou returne, returne vnto me, saith the Lorde: and if thou put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remoue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O Israel, yf thou wylt turne thee, then turne vnto me, saith ye Lord: and yf thou wylt put away thine abhominations out of my sight, thou shalt not be moued.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you will return, Israel, says Yahweh, if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost turn aside Thine abominations from My face, Then thou dost not bemoan.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you will come back, O Israel, says the Lord, you will come back to me: and if you will put away your disgusting ways, you will not be sent away from before me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "If you will return, Israel," says Yahweh, "if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the LORD,“if you want to come back to me, you must get those disgusting idols out of my sight and must no longer go astray.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:12 : 12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
• Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
• Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, shall he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
• Eph 4:22-31 : 22 That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 And that you put on the new man, which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. 25 Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. 26 Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 Nor give place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
• Gen 35:2 : 2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your clothes:
• Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
• Josh 24:14 : 14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve the LORD.
• Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 2 Kgs 23:13 : 13 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled.
• 2 Kgs 23:24 : 24 Moreover, the mediums and the sorcerers, and the images and idols, and all the abominations that were spotted in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 15:8 : 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 33:8 : 8 And I will no longer remove the foot of Israel from the land which I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them according to the whole law and statutes and ordinances by the hand of Moses.
• Isa 31:6 : 6 Turn to Him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
• Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
• Jer 15:4 : 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
• Jer 22:3-5 : 3 Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you do this thing indeed, then shall enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. 5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
• Jer 24:9 : 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
• Jer 25:5 : 5 They said, 'Turn now every one from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers forever and ever:
• Jer 35:15 : 15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
• Jer 36:3 : 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster I intend to do to them; that every man may turn from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
• Ezek 11:18 : 18 And they shall come there, and they shall take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
• Ezek 18:13 : 13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
• Ezek 20:7-8 : 7 Then I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not cast away every man the abominations of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 43:9 : 9 Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
• Hos 2:2 : 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
• Hos 7:16 : 16 They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their ridicule in the land of Egypt.
• Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
• Jer 3:12 : 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, backsliding Israel, says the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever.
• Jer 3:14 : 14 Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you, one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion: